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18:00 GMT 10.10.2008

RUSSIA

* President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia had taken sufficient measures to shore up the domestic financial market against the backdrop of the ongoing global credit crisis

* A total of 307 deaths, not including the recent conflict with Georgia, were reported in the Russian armed forces in January-August, a Defense Ministry source said

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia should take part in Geneva talks on the regions' future status, scheduled for October 15

* A Thai court will hold its next hearings in the trial of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, accused of conspiracy to sell arms to Colombian left-wing rebels, on November 4-8, a Russian lawyer said

* Russia's Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva both beat their quarterfinal opponents on Friday to reach the semifinals of the 2008 Kremlin Cup in Moscow

* Russian Winter Olympic champion Alexei Prokurorov died on Friday after he was hit by a car in the Vladimir Region, 200 km (124 miles) to the east of Moscow, a local police spokesman said

* Andrei Arshavin has said that the most important thing for the Russian national side during their World Cup qualifier in Germany on Saturday will be to remain calm

* Russia is concerned about melamine-tainted food imports from China, as it has not received complete information from the Chinese authorities, Russia's chief sanitary official said

* Russia's Beriyev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex (TANTK) will start test flying a new light amphibious airplane in 2010, the TANTK general director said

* A suspected Russian arms dealer detained in Thailand said his arrest and trial had been arranged by the United States because he refused to become an American spy

* A militant has been killed in a clash with servicemen in central Chechnya, a law enforcement source in the North Caucasus republic said

WORLD

* U.S. President George Bush pledged on Friday to overcome the current financial crisis, at the same time acknowledging the spiral circle of anxiety and fear feeding a plunge in stock prices

* Russia has fulfilled all its commitments under the ceasefire deal for Georgia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

* A decision to award Martti Ahtisaari the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize has triggered criticism in Russia over his role in the Kosovo settlement

* Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine could be under threat due to a lack of funds, a Central Electoral Commission official said

* The new Iranian envoy to Russia said on Friday that the six powers involved in talks over Tehran's nuclear program were being influenced by the "destructive approach" of the U.S., the IRNA news agency said

* Only a small portion of revenues from Ukrainian arms exports in the last four years was passed on to the state budget, the former head of a parliamentary ad-hoc investigation commission said

* The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has received 2,729 lawsuits against Georgia from residents of South Ossetia, the court said Friday in a press release

* Poland, Sweden, and the Baltic states believe that Russian troops should withdraw from South Ossetia and Abkhazia, an EU diplomatic source said

* Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States member countries said that the alliance is still open for Georgia, which withdrew its membership last month, the organization's executive secretary said

* Finland's former president, Martti Ahtisaari, was awarded on Friday the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his 30-year mediation efforts across the world, including his role in the Kosovo settlement

* North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun will pay an official visit to Russia next week, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said

* At least seven people were killed Friday and another seven injured in a coal mine gas blast in southern China, the Xinhua news agency reported

* At least 21 people have been killed and another 27 injured in a university bus crash in Thailand, the country's The Nation news website said

* Finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized countries meet in Washington on Friday as global finance officials gather for the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank

* Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to his country in late November

* A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket due to lift off Sunday to take a crew of three to the International Space Station has been moved to the launch pad at Kazakhstan's Baikonur space center

BUSINESS

* GDF Suez S.A. is interested in large-scale deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gazprom-controlled Shtokman gas condensate field in the Arctic, the French-Belgian energy company's vice president said

* The former chairman of Russia's Central Bank said on Friday that the current financial crisis could not be compared with the 1998 default

* Russian companies and banks are due to pay off a total of $35.8 billion from their foreign debt service obligations in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Central Bank said

* The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange plans to begin trading as normal on Monday morning unless the Federal Service for Financial Markets issues instructions to do otherwise, MICEX said

* Russia's government is to allocate up to $50 billion for companies to refinance their foreign debt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said

* Russia's budget surplus has been estimated at 2.5 trillion rubles ($96.7 billion), or 8.1% of GDP, in the first nine months of 2008, the Finance Ministry said

* Russia's two stock exchanges, the MICEX and the RTS, did not open for full trading Friday upon instructions from the financial markets' regulator